Slow Down (album)

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Slow Down
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 25, 1998
RecordedAt House Of Blues, Los Angeles; Rumbo Recorders & Westlake Audio studios
Genre Blues
Length55:00
Label Epic
Producer Keb' Mo', John Lewis Parker
Keb' Mo' chronology
Just like You
(1996)
Slow Down
(1998)
The Door
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
George Graham (WVIA-FM)(Review) [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Slow Down is the fourth studio album by the blues performer Keb' Mo' released in August 1998. In 1999, Slow Down won Keb' Mo' his second Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. The album includes the song "Rainmaker" which shares its title with the album Rainmaker , made by Keb' Mo' under his birth name "Kevin Moore".

Contents

Track listing

Songs by Kevin Moore aka (Keb' Mo')
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Muddy Water"Kevin Moore, Georgina Graper4:21
2."I Was Wrong"Moore, Anders Osborne 4:21
3."Everything I Need"Moore, Charles Edward Streetman3:56
4."Henry"Moore, John Lewis Parker5:20
5."Soon As I Get Paid"Moore, Parker4:38
6."A Better Man"Moore, Osborne5:16
7."I Don't Know"Moore, Graper4:12
8."A Letter to Tracy"Moore, Parker4:09
9."Slow Down"Moore, Parker4:52
10."Rainmaker"Moore, Patrick Shepard4:15
11."Love in Vain" Robert Johnson 3:05
12."God Trying to Get Your Attention"Moore, Colin Linden 4:09
13."I'm Telling You Now"Moore, Bruce E. Fisher2:35

Personnel

Keb' Mo' uses Gibson & Epiphone Guitars, D'Addario Strings, National Resophonic Guitars, Moonshine Slides and Larry Pogreba Custom Guitars

Charts

Chart performance for Slow Down
Chart (1998)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] 89
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] 38
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [6] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [7] 35
US Billboard 200 [8] 109

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